A Honey Bee collecting pollen on a pink purple Single Dahlia at the Dahlia Trial Garden at Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA, USA
A Honey Bee collecting pollen on a pink purple Single Dahlia at the Dahlia Trial Garden at Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington, United States. Honeybees have been used extensively for commercial pollination of crops and other plants. The value of these pollination services is commonly measured in the billions of dollars. Erratic weather patterns caused by global warming could play havoc with bees' sensitive cycles and have a significant impact on agriculture.
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Location: Dahlia Trial Garden at Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington, United States, North America
Photo credit: © Ronald Karpilo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: apidae, apinae, apini, apis, apocrita, bee, close, endopterygota, flower, honeybee, hymenoptera, insecta, melifera, neoptera, pink, pollen, pollination, pterygota, purple, variegated
